Improvement in corn-husker



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Patented May 18, 1869.

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' W. DAVIDSON JONES, or HAcAMA s Mums, NEW YORK.

Laws Patent No. 90,175, dated May 18, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to-in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, W. D'AvmsosJosss, of Hagamans Mills, in the county of Montgomery, and State of New York, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Corn-Huskers; and-I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure-1 is a side" view, showing its position in re-' lation to the stripping-rollers, with a portion of the wooden frame. removed. i

Figure 2 isa transverse section of fig; 1.

Figureii is a side view of drawings, for, reference, showing an analogous device,. -accomplishing like results. y

Figure 4 is a transverse section of fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a side view of a device, doing and accomplishing like results, which, in character of action are all analogous one to the other. 1

Figure 6 is a transverse section of fig. 5.

The references to figs. 3,4, 5, and 6, will more fully hereinafter appear. i

Similar letters and figures'indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The uaturepfmyinvention cpnsists in the arrange meut and construction of a separator, placed centrally land crosswise over the stripping-rollers, in such form,

soas to separate out single ears of corn from the bulk q as they fall on the stripping-rollers of a husker, one

ear following the other, forthe purpose of securing perfection and rapidity of work.

."Toenable others skilled iuthe art to make and use any invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

a a a a is a section of the necessary wooden frame of a corn-husker. k

' b b b I) represent theghusking or stripping-rollers.

e c is a shaft, made of wrought or cast-iron, or other material, provided with suitable bearings and boxes.

. d d d d is the separator, constructed of iron, wood,

or other material, substantially asshown, having two or more. beating-edges,orbeaters attached to shaft e e e care recesses cut in the boaters or edges of the separator, somewhat of the formof a half circle, directly over the laporbite of each pair-of strippingrollers, said recesses c e c 0 being on a line of the circumference of the heaters, as described, when in motion. i I

Said heaters (I d d d, with recesses e e e e therein,v form this separator, which, when in motion, presents, on

its circumference, an action similar to a grooved 0Y1:

inder; the grooves to let the corn pass down the lap or gutter of the stripping-rollers.

The mot-ion of this separator (l d (I ll is up-hili, on

the lower part'against the corn, in the direction as indicated by the, arrow.

g The operation of my invention is substantially as follows: V Unhusked ears of corn, falling from thebutt-ing or teed-rollers, (which are not shown,) promiscuouslyand in bulk, upon the upper ends of the stripping-rollers b b b- I), and 'in front of the separator d d, d d,'pass down the inclination of said stripping-rollers, some ears on the top of others, and when they cometo the action of the separator (l (1 cl d, said separator having proper motion in the direction as indicated by the ar- 7 row, the edges of the heaters d (Z (Z (I catch the ears .riding on top, and whirl them or throw thein'over back, up the inclination of the stripping-rollers, and,

at the same time, the recesses e e c e, in said separator, allow or permit the ears, passing down the lap or bite of the stripping-rollers, to pass down freely and without injury. 4

The result-s sought for and obtained in this invention are important and useful, that is, the singling out of the ears of corn, which must necessarily .fall in bulk upon the upper ends of the stripping-rollers from the feeding-rollers, separating them, and allowing them to pass on down the lap or bite of the stripping-rolh ers, one after another, and securin g to each and every ear,-the action of the stripping-rollers, thereby insur-.

ing rapid and more perfect work, which otherwise could not be accomplished, for'the reason some cars would ride down on top of others, and pass ofi unhusked, thereby rendering the machine, in a great measure, imperfect and unsatisfactory inits work.

I am aware that like results can be obtained, and i like work be accomplished by a device, as shown in the drawings for reference, figs. 3 and 4, which device consists in theconstructioirof a revolving separates having, for its heaters, pins dd (l (I, inserted in shaft 0 o, and the recesses e e 'e e, formed by short pins over the lap or bite of each pair of stripping-rollers b b b b, and operating substantially in practice as has been heretofore more fully described.

' I am also aware that similar results and like work can be accomplished by a device, as shown in the drawings for reference, figs. 5 and 6, which consists in the employing of a vibrating separator, d d d d, substantially as shown, provided with recesses e e e e, di-

rectly over the lap or bite of each pair of strippingrollers, operating substantially for the purposes heretofore more fully described.

I do not confine myself to any given number or series of recesses c e e c, as they may be varied in proportion to the number of pairs of stripping-rollers used in a machine.

Each of these devices, shown by drawings, and heretofore referred to, is an invention which I verily be lieve tobenew and original, in their application by myself, and not heretofore used.

I am'also aware that a device for the same general purpose was patented-by me on the 5th of January, 1869; but I am not aware that this invention, accomplishing results as accomplished by these devices, have I scribed in Letters Patent granted to me, bearing-date heretofore been attained, excepting by myself.

Attention is called to the existing difference between the subject of this invention, as shown sub-' stantia lly in fig. 1 and fig. 2, and heretofore fully described in construction, and operation, and drawings for reference, figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, and heretofore referred to, and Letters Patent, No. 85,593, (W. D. J ones,) each producing like results by dissimilar devices.

I disclaim a separator provided and constructed with circular flanges, substantially as shown and de- January 5, 1869.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The separator d (Z (Z 11, made and constructed sub stantially as described and shown, having heating or tripping-edges, said heaters being provided with recesses e c e 0, operating substantially as and for the purposes shown and set forth.

Witnesses: W. DAVIDSON JONES.

EDWARD OOYLE, M. A. FARRELL. 

